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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 19, 2023
2seventy bio, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | 001-40791 | 86-3658454 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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60 Binney Street, | 02142 |
Cambridge, MA |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (339) 499-9300
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Title of each class | Trading
symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | TSVT | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company x
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Item 7.01 Regulation FD
On May 19, 2023, 2seventy bio, Inc. (the “Company”) will host a Virtual R&D Deep Dive at 10:00 a.m. ET. A copy of the presentation slide deck that will be presented is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 8-K. A recording of the Virtual R&D Deep Dive presentation may be accessed for thirty (30) days following the Virtual R&D Deep Dive presentation by visiting the Investors Relations section of the Company’s website at https://ir.2seventybio.com.
The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. It may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if such subsequent filing specifically references the information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On May 19, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing its late-breaking interim data from its going Phase 1 trial in collaboration with Seattle Children’s Therapeutics, PLAT-08, for SC-DARIC33, an investigational CD33-targeting CAR T in pediatric and young adult patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia that will be presented at this year’s American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit
No. | | Description |
| 99.1 | | |
| 99.2 | | | | |
| 104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document and incorporated as Exhibit 101) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| Dated: May 19, 2023 | | 2seventy bio, Inc. |
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| | By: | /s/ Chip Baird |
| | | Chip Baird |
| | | Chief Financial Officer |
| | | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |